CRIMINAL JUSTICE (RELEASE FROM CUSTODY) (SPECIAL PROVISIONS) ACT

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CRIMINAL JUSTICE (RELEASE FROM CUSTODY) (SPECIAL PROVISIONS) ACT

CHAPTER C40 LAWS OF THE FEDERATION OF NIGERIA, L.F.N. 2004

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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

1.       Power of Chief Justice and Chief Judges to order release of persons detained in certain cases.

2.       Short title.

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CRIMINAL JUSTICE (RELEASE FROM CUSTODY) (SPECIAL PROVISIONS) ACT

An Act to empower the Chief Justice of Nigeria and the Chief Judge of a State to order the release of persons detained in prisons in the circumstances specified in this Act.

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(COMMENCEMENT)                                                                  [8th March, 1977]                       

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